If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I would say that, after seeing all Peter Collinson's movies, he was a sort of British Dario Argento, if you consider some of his movies. Except concerning the pictorial aspect. But for the overall schemes of some of his movies, he reminds me Argento very much. Think of PENTHOUSE, STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING, OPEN SEASON, SPIRAL STAIRCASE, FRIGHT, and from my point of view, you find many elements in common with Argento. This movie is fairly done, and the closest to Giallo genre for me, even if this scheme of the baby sitter threatened by a vicious killer has been told hundred of times before and after; in movies and TV episodes too. I will finish by saying that the poor Susan George had a bad year 1971, a difficult one, with features such as STRAW DOGS and FRIGHT to act in. And maybe some others too. I am sure that the producers and directors may have chosen her for dozens of screenplays involving terrorized women by home invaders.

Fright (1971) ** (out of 4) British thriller has teenager Amanda (Susan George) showing up for a babysitting job when she soon finds herself being terrorized by the kid's father shows up after escaping from a mental hospital. The father plans on murdering his ex-wife but plans change after he notices that the babysitter reminds him of her. FRIGHT has a few tense moments early on but after a pretty good start the film sadly falls apart pretty quickly. I thought the first thirty-minutes of the film were rather well-directed and features a couple tense sequences and it's really too bad the rest of the film didn't live up to the title. Director Peter Collison really does a nice job at building up the tension early on and I especially liked the way that he used sound effects to build up not only the atmosphere but also some creepy moments. One perfect example deals with some dripping water but the highlight of the film is one of the first stalking scenes we witness as the babysitter's boyfriend is outside and being followed. This scene is without question the best of the movie and is almost strong enough to make the entire film worth sitting through. The problem with the final hour is that not too much happens. The entire thing is extremely slow paced and like many British films, the dialogue is just way too much and it pretty much takes over the picture and not a single thing said is interesting. Even worse is how the film keeps flashing back and forth between what's going on inside the house and what the kid's mother and stepfather are doing in town. Yet another problem is simply how stupid the babysitter gets once more of the action takes place inside the house. Fans of George will no doubt want to see her here as she's as cute as ever and turns in a decent performance. Honor Blackman and Ian Bannen are good in their supporting roles as well. FRIGHT manages to have a couple good sequences but sadly there just aren't enough to keep the film entertaining throughout.

The plot = A young girl Amanda (Susan George) babysits a young boy, unaware that the child's real father has escaped from a mental asylum and is coming home.An atmospheric psycho drama from the UK, definitely delivers all the chills in all the right places. One of earilest examples of babysitter alone in the house terrorized by a maniac, and one of the better examples much better than "When A Stranger Calls" original and the god awful remake. It's really the performances that makes this movie work, Susan George really shines as the babysitter whose really put through hell by the child's father played brilliantly by Ian Bannen, really hits all the right notes, he was well and truly demented and was really scary at times as he goes from tenderness to psychotic and it certainly is shocking in places, for instance directors today would never dare film the, up close, scenes where the father threatens to cut his son's throat with a shard of glass. The violence against George and the mental torture she is put through is pretty strong also. We also get Honour Blackman (famous for James Bond Gold Finger, The Cat and the Canary and TV's the Upper hand) playing the madman's ex-wife, she was well and truly beautiful in this role and we also get George Cole and Dennis Waterman from TV's minder, so this movie is full of famous faces.All in all a tense psychological thriller that doesn't deserve to be forgotten.

Enjoyed this British film with Susan George, (Amanda), "The Strange Affair", who plays the role of a young gal attending college and taking on a babysitting job way out in the country and walking all by herself after getting off a bus. The house where Amanda is to babysit is very old and their is a little boy she is to take care of while his mom and dad go out to dine. Amanda has a visit from her boyfriend who attempts to make love to her and starts to almost get to first base when the telephone starts to ring. Susan George gives a great performance through out the entire picture and it truly shows the great talent she had during her early years of stardom. If you like Susan George when she was young, pretty and sexy, this is the film for you. Enjoy.